I was playing second and a line drive nicked my glove before smacking into my face. Wasn't concussed, no other injuries and I got stitches about 10 minutes after taking the picture. That was when I was waiting in the ER

I hate American cheese. And I'm American.
My niece was trained to like good cheese and one day my sister ran out of good cheese and tried to give her American cheese (aka, Kraft Singles). The little 2 year old refused to eat it, stating that it wasn't cheese.

I also want to remind everyone that THON is the largest run STUDENT philanthropy in the world. Sure, there is a lot of fiscal support from Alumnus, families, community and corporations, but from an operational standpoint, it's all people enrolled at Penn State, and has been since it's inception in 1973. The only exception is the THON Advisor, which is the fabulous Barry Bram currently.

There's also an organization called Dance Marathon that is all over the country and raises money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. (So not jut cancer but a wide variety of pediatric ailments, diseases and injuries). In my experience, DMs are usually not as intense or as organized as Penn State's THON, but they're still a lot of fun and are for a great cause. If you go for that, you can pick a charity that's a little closer to home, and it's easier to continue with it as an alumni or not as a college student. For example, as a THON-involved Penn Stater alum who was living in Georgia, I took place in ATL dance marathon last year. That one raised money for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Also, one thing that was nice about that one is it was City wide, not university specific, so there were a bunch of different colleges represented. They also range in length, and are rarely as intense as THON's 46 hours. (ATLDM was 12 hrs) Definitely a lot of fun, and you meet a lot of wonderful people, but THON will always have a special place in my heart =)